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December 1 990
A lumni
1 00 Al u m n i Receive Cente n n ial Recog n ition hey represe nt a l l age g ro u ps. T hey are men a n d women from d i verse c u l t u r a l backg ro u n d s a n d career fields. They are t he 1 00 a l u m n i of Pacific Lutheran U n iversity hon ored t h i s fall in observance of t h e 1 00t h a n n iversary of the u n iversity. "The focus of this a l u m n i centen n ial rec- . ognition is upon those who exem p lify t he diversity that is now PLU, as we head into our second ce ntury of service," said PLU . Alumni Association president J ames Hush agen, a Tacoma attorney. "It is the i ntent of the PLU Alu m n i Associ ation to make a stateme nt. on the occa sion of the 1 00th birthday of the u n iversi ty, about the d i versity of o u r gradu ates who take seriously their respo n s i b i l ity to serve their fa m i lies, co m m u n it ies, c h u rch es and hu man ity as a whole," he ad ded . The honorees were selected from the vast a l u m n i const i t u e n cy outside the emp loy of PLU that had not yet received a l u m n i recogn ition. "As we honor these persons who have b rou g h t h o n o r to t h e i r a l m a m ater thro ugh their ach ieveme nts, leaders h i p a n d involvement i n their comm u n ities, we are a lso hono ring all PLU al u m n i wl�ose l ife focus is beyo nd themselves a n d toward the betterme n t of h u m a n ity a n d the world around them," he added. The 1 00 hon orees re p resent a m i cro cosm of PLU's 25,OOO-plus a l u m n i . The Oct 1 1 banquet hon ori ng the a l u m ni was a h igh l ig h t of PLU's cente n n i a l homecom i ng weekend.
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Jerold Armstrong
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Cente n n i a l Alu m n i Recog n ition: Excell enceJ Diversity And Se rvi ce By Jim Hushagen preSident, PLU Alumni ASSOCiation
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PLU's C en ten nial is a "on ce-i n a-l ifet ime" event. M ore than two years ago, you r Al u mn i Assoc ia ti on began looking for a way to celebrate the Cente n n i a l by hon ori ng both the Assoc iation's con stituencies - PLU a nd the PLU a l u m n i - i n a u n ique and mean ingfu l way. The Centennial Alum ni Recognition em erged; its p u r pose was to honor PLU d u ring its 1 00t h b i rthday by h o n o r i n g a representative cross-sect i o n of 1 00 of PLU's most dist i n g u i shed alumni. The Alumni Assoc iation did not inten d to select PLU's 1 00 great est a l u m n i or to honor a g a i n those a l u m n i w h o m t h e Assoc ia t i o n had p reviousl y h o n o red . And, we did not i ntend to honor decea sed a l u m n i or t h o se employed by PLU. Rather, t h e Ass o c i a t i o n 's intent in g i v i n g the Centen n i a l Recog n i t i o n w a s t o ce l e b rate and honor the d i versity a n d excellence that exists am ong the more than 2 5 ,000 PLU A l u m n i . h e Centen nial Al u m n i Recog n i t i o n reci pi ents exe m p l ify the
best of what PLU has stood for and meant d u ri ng the past 1 00 years They are models of excel lence, h a rd work, h i g h ach ieve m e n t a n d i n t e g r i t y - va l u e w h i c h have cha racteri zed PLU throughout its history The Cente n n i a l Recog n i t i o n rec i p i e nts exh i b i t a n ext raordi nary corn m itment to excel l ence and number among thei r ra n ks a Rhodes Schol ar, severa l Fu lbright Scholars, a Pulitzer Prize winner, severa l E m m y Awa rd w i n ners a n d n u merous re c i p i e nts of "Who's Who" and " O utst a n d i n g You ng Men and Women" awa rds. They in clude severa l chief execu tive officers of successfu l com- · p a n ies, a Lut heran b ishop, t h e h e a d of Tacoma's n a t i o n a l ly acclaimed "Safe Streets" p ro gra m , i nternationally recognized sc h o l a rs, severa l school district superi ntendents and Washi ng ton's Su peri ntendent of P u b l i c Instruction. The recipients have been cho sen from the u p per echelon of the m a ny d i verse ca reer fields p u rsued by PLU a l u m n i - educa-
tion, health care, m i n istry, busi ness, home m a k i ng, h u m a n se r vices, the a rts, law, media, th e m i l itary and government. ju st to name a few. They a re a lso ch ro no logica l l y d i verse, sp a n n i n g more th a n 50 years of PLUs h i s tory, from the Class of 1 9 37 to the Class of 1 989. Their single most salient cha r acteristic, however, is their ded i cation to service - to their com m u n ities, th e i r fa m i l ies and the world . I n d i vi d u a l ly a n d as a g ro u p , t h ey are having a p ro fo u n d effect u pon the U n ited States and the world. O u r world wou ld be different, and certa i n ly wou ld be a l ittle worse, but for the lives and work of the Cen te n n ial Alurnni Recogn ition recip ients. In recog nizing these and ot her a l u m n i award rec i p i ents, t h e A l u m n i Association is rea lly hon oring PLU and the value of a PLU education. D u ring this Cente n n i a l yea r, the Association is cele brating 1 00 years of PLU - 1 00 years of dedication to the vision of creating a "fi rst-ra n k school "
wh Ic h w o u l d ed ucate its st u dents to be "good Ch ristia ns and good citizens " We a r·e also cele b rat i n g PLU 's ever- i n c reasi n g qual ity, as i nd icated by its recent recog n ition by US News a n d World Report as o n e of t h e nation's finest schools - the only Northwest p rivate school to be top-ranked in every U.S. News su rvey si nce 1 98 3 . Final ly, t h e Association is cele b rating 1 00 years of com m i t ment to servIce. PLU's Centen n i al motto, a n d the title of P h i l Nordquist's Cente n n i a l h i s-tory, are "Educat i ng for Service." This dedication to serv ic e to the co m m u n ity, fa m i ly a nd world has characterized PLU duri n g its entire history and conti n ues to c h a racterize t h e l i ves of its a l u m n i worldwide. The Alumni Association sa l utes the 1 00 Cente n n i a l Al u m n i Rec ognition recip ients a n d sa i utes the countless other PLU a l u m n i who are qu ietly m a k i n g a differ ence i n the world. They a re PLU's reaso n for being, and thei r l i ves are a n i nsp i ration to us a l l .